Cyber security is becoming an increasingly prevalent threat within modern day business and operations. We are observing an ongoing digitalisation in operations and services resulting in more vulnerabilities within an organisation’s framework. With some of the most critical infrastructure, pipelines and operations now being controlled by digital networks, Cyber Security is no longer merely an information risk but a corporate responsibility.

SMI’s 5th annual Oil & Gas Cyber Security conference will bring together the leading specialists in the field and provide a platform of discourse for cyber security professionals within the Oil & Gas Sector to address some of the most pressing challenges and developments. With cyber-attacks becoming more sophisticated, targeted and malicious many factors will play into an organisation’s ability to prevent, detect, respond and mitigate a breach.

Conference
programme

8:30 Registration & Coffee

9:00 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Dr. Pagna Disso has over 15 years’ experience working in cyber security. Previously the head of EADS Innovation Works’ cyber security research lab in the UK, he was the technical lead for all cyber security related projects. Dr. Pagna Disso also provides ongoing consultancy services for various organisations on critical infrastructure security and also advises SMEs on security strategies. He holds a PhD in Intrusion Detection Systems as well as a number of cyber security related qualifications. His research interests include cyber security for Industrial Control Systems, honeypots, botnets, malware analysis, cloud security, cyber forensics, threat analysis, and vulnerability identification. In addition to developing and executing research projects into a wide range of areas relating to cyber security, including Industrial Control Systems, Dr. Pagna Disso is also responsible for supervising MSc and PhD students from a number of Academic Centers of Excellence for Cyber Security within the UK.Dr Jules Pagna Disso is responsible for developing, building, and running the day-to-day operations to provide threat intelligence. He also architects and engineers a comprehensive set of technologies and processes to provide superior situational awareness.

9:10 CERT-UK – Enhancing the UK’s Cyber Resilience and Working With the Oil and Gas Sectors

Chris Gibson spent over 12 years working in the CERT world at Citigroup and, for 10 years, was on the board of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST); 2 years as Chair. Together these have allowed him to work with colleagues from both inside one of the worlds largest global financial institutions with the complexities that brings and also with colleagues from the incident response community with members ranging from Microsoft and Oracle through to the national CERT’s of Azerbaijan and Indonesia.
At Citigroup he was responsible for the digital forensic program and strategy globally, including all operational aspects of investigations into Cybercrime in Citigroup’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. This included overseeing both the digital forensics and the investigation as well as reporting to senior management on on-going cases, trends and threats.

Within FIRST he implemented the Fellowship program. This was created to fund CERTs from UN designated “Least Developed Nations” (LDCs) allowing them to both join FIRST and attend conferences and training thereby starting to create the relationships that bring the most benefits to the incident response community.

He is a former member of the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) Cyber Advisory Panel.

Chris joined CERT-UK in November 2013.

• An update on the cyber threat landscape that CERT-UK is seeing
• The biggest threats and trends that have emerged this year
• How CERT-UK is working with the oil and gas sectors
• What CERT-UK can do for you

9:50 Flushing Away Preconceptions of Risk

As Chief Information Security Officer of Publicis Groupe, Thom is responsible for all aspects of information security risk and compliance as well as managing the Groupe Information Security Programme. Additionally the role is responsible for business continuity capabilities across the Groupe’s global operations. Having successfully built security and IT programmes from the ground up Thom brings an often opinionated and forward thinking view of security risk, both in assessments and management, but is able to do so with humour and pragmatism (mostly). An international public speaker and award winning security blogger, Thom contributes to a number of industry blogs and publications. Thom is also the sole founder of Host Unknown, a loose collective of three infosec luminaries combined to make security education and infotainment films. Thom can be found online at both thomlangford.com and @thomlangford on Twitter.

Risk is often seen as a dirty word in business. It is a thing that needs to be reduced to nothing, and has no possible good use in an organisation, especially a security programme. This couldn’t be more wrong! Risk is an inherent part of any business, and yet it is often poorly recognised and leveraged in the security organisation.
• The initial interpretation of risk and how it is often misunderstood
• The measurement of risk, and how some systems work and other don’t
• The effective treatment of risk, and how sometimes the obvious thing to do can be the wrong thing to do

10:30 Cyber Risk - on the Right Path?

Andy Powell is Director and Regional General Manager for Cyber Security, CSC.
Prior to CSC he was in the Royal Air Force for 28 years retiring as a one star officer. He last 3 roles were as CIO for the RAF and then for all UK Ministry of Defence Joint Operations. In his last role he was Director for the 225,000 User MoD Network and Head of all UK MoD Cyber Defence Operations.
Andy and his team won the Best Managed Security Service award in the SC Magazine Awards Europe announced earlier this year.

• You must assume the 'bad folks' are inside already, so how do you minimise business impact?
• How do you convince the CFO and CEO to invest in mitigating this seemingly nebulous risk?
• Nothing is new – are there lessons from our Medieval ancestors?

11:10 Morning Coffee

11:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Challenges of Cyber Security in the Critical National Infrastructure

Graham joined National Grid as CISO and Global Head of Digital Risk in April 2014 after holding senior positions in cybersecurity with organisations in Ministry of Defence, Central Government and in the private sector. He joined National Grid from Northrop Grumman where he led their UK Cyber and Intelligence interests.; and prior to that was Deputy Director of the Office of Cyber Security in the Cabinet Office where he was responsible for leading the planning and resourcing of the National Cyber Security Strategy.
Graham has also acted as the Special Advisor on Cyber Security for the House of Commons Defence Committee; and currently chairs the UK pan-sector Emergency Executive
Committee for Cyber Security.

12:10 How Exposed are Our Critical Control Systems? Understanding the Limitations of Software Security Technologies

• A brief overview of the current threat landscape and a breakdown of today’s advanced malware
• Why software-based security solutions alone are no longer effective
• How enforcing security through a hardware-based solution, an emerging best practice, allows for absolute protection against online network-based attacks
• Common real-world use cases on ‘how’ this is implemented

12:50 Networking Lunch

13:40 Pre-emptive and Intelligence Based Protection of Industrial Control Systems

Noam Green is a Product Manager at Check Point Software Technologies. A recognized security advocate, Noam brings with him more than 14 years of experience in the data networking industry in companies ranging from Satellite Communication, through Cellular Operators to Telco Software providers, including vast experience in heading Marketing and Product Management teams.

Prior to joining Check Point, Noam led the Marketing and Product Management teams in Mobixell Networks (the global leader of mobile Internet optimization and monetization solutions, acquired by Flash Networks).

Noam holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Economics from Ben Gurion University in Israel.

• Understand the similarities and differences between industrial IT and corporate IT
• Understand how attackers target critical infrastructure and the story of real attacks
• Know more about the types of attacks that can affect industrial systems
• Learn from examples how industrial control environments can be protected

14:20 How the UK Energy Networks are Organising to Face the Increasing Threat to Supply

Joe has been working in security for over 17 years, with the last nine years in the energy sector. Joe has previous experience in Managed Security Services and Telecoms. Joe was involved at the initiation of the UK Smart Metering Implementation Programme, and represented industry security stakeholders on the Overall Design Advisory Group. Joe leads SSE’s security programme, and chairs the Energy Networks Association Cyber Security Subgroup.

• How is the sector benchmarking in order to prioritise the development of capability?
• How are UK energy networks developing risk management practices?
• What does the future hold for the standardisation of security across the UK?

15:40 PANEL DISCUSSION: Best Practices in Securing Control Systems and Networks

• Discussing the most effective measures in securing your supply chain?
• Whose responsibility? With so many vendors, companies and contractors whose responsibility is it to ensure the protection of those networks involved?
• Identifying vulnerabilities and overcoming the challenges involved
• What are the latest threats and methods of penetration?

Chris Hankin, Director of the Institute for Security Science and Technology and a Professor of Computing Science, Imperial College LondonView Bio

Professor Hankin joined Imperial in 1984 and was promoted to Professor in 1995. He is Director of the Institute for Security Science and Technology, a cross-faculty research institute focussed on applying science and technology to challenges from security and resilience. His research is in cyber security and data analytics. He is also Director of the CPNI/EPSRC Research Institute on Trustworthy Industrial Control Systems. He is a member of the ACM Europe Council, and Vice Chair of the DG CONNECT Advisory Forum for the European Commission.

Dr. Pagna Disso has over 15 years’ experience working in cyber security. Previously the head of EADS Innovation Works’ cyber security research lab in the UK, he was the technical lead for all cyber security related projects. Dr. Pagna Disso also provides ongoing consultancy services for various organisations on critical infrastructure security and also advises SMEs on security strategies. He holds a PhD in Intrusion Detection Systems as well as a number of cyber security related qualifications. His research interests include cyber security for Industrial Control Systems, honeypots, botnets, malware analysis, cloud security, cyber forensics, threat analysis, and vulnerability identification. In addition to developing and executing research projects into a wide range of areas relating to cyber security, including Industrial Control Systems, Dr. Pagna Disso is also responsible for supervising MSc and PhD students from a number of Academic Centers of Excellence for Cyber Security within the UK.Dr Jules Pagna Disso is responsible for developing, building, and running the day-to-day operations to provide threat intelligence. He also architects and engineers a comprehensive set of technologies and processes to provide superior situational awareness.

Graham joined National Grid as CISO and Global Head of Digital Risk in April 2014 after holding senior positions in cybersecurity with organisations in Ministry of Defence, Central Government and in the private sector. He joined National Grid from Northrop Grumman where he led their UK Cyber and Intelligence interests.; and prior to that was Deputy Director of the Office of Cyber Security in the Cabinet Office where he was responsible for leading the planning and resourcing of the National Cyber Security Strategy.
Graham has also acted as the Special Advisor on Cyber Security for the House of Commons Defence Committee; and currently chairs the UK pan-sector Emergency Executive
Committee for Cyber Security.

16:00 Afternoon Tea

16:20 Research in Security of ICS

Chris Hankin, Director of the Institute for Security Science and Technology and a Professor of Computing Science, Imperial College LondonView Bio

Professor Hankin joined Imperial in 1984 and was promoted to Professor in 1995. He is Director of the Institute for Security Science and Technology, a cross-faculty research institute focussed on applying science and technology to challenges from security and resilience. His research is in cyber security and data analytics. He is also Director of the CPNI/EPSRC Research Institute on Trustworthy Industrial Control Systems. He is a member of the ACM Europe Council, and Vice Chair of the DG CONNECT Advisory Forum for the European Commission.

• Assessing the emerging threat to ICS that has arisen from the convergence of IT and OT
• Communicating cyber threat as business risk
• Resolving the sometimes conflicting demands of safety and security
• New results from the Research Institute in Trustworthy Industrial Control Systems

17:00 Understanding Cyber Risk as Business Risk in Industrial Control Environments

Professor Awais Rashid is Director of Security Lancaster Research Centre, one of the UK’s Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research. He possesses an extensive multi-disciplinary background having worked at the boundary of computer science, social science and psychology for several years. He is particularly focused on sense-making of large, heterogeneous data sources and human factors in order to unravel impacts on cyber resilience of individuals, organisations and infrastructures. He developed novel digital persona analysis techniques to unravel the deception tactics deployed by sophisticated cyber criminals online. This work was selected as one of the 100 Big Ideas of the Future by Research Councils UK and Universities UK, influenced UK and European policy frameworks, is used in law enforcement applications and underpins commercial products through a spin-out company. He has also conducted research on analysis of large-scale networks including Internet-scale systems, techniques for open-source intelligence (OSINT) and the security and privacy issues pertaining to OSINT. He also researchers novel techniques for detecting sophisticated social engineering attacks and socio-technical factors underpinning online group formation and behaviours. He also currently leads a project as part of the UK Research Institute on Trustworthy Industrial Control Systems - researching novel socio-technical metrics for studying and articulating cyber security risks in such environments.

17:40 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One

Dr. Pagna Disso has over 15 years’ experience working in cyber security. Previously the head of EADS Innovation Works’ cyber security research lab in the UK, he was the technical lead for all cyber security related projects. Dr. Pagna Disso also provides ongoing consultancy services for various organisations on critical infrastructure security and also advises SMEs on security strategies. He holds a PhD in Intrusion Detection Systems as well as a number of cyber security related qualifications. His research interests include cyber security for Industrial Control Systems, honeypots, botnets, malware analysis, cloud security, cyber forensics, threat analysis, and vulnerability identification. In addition to developing and executing research projects into a wide range of areas relating to cyber security, including Industrial Control Systems, Dr. Pagna Disso is also responsible for supervising MSc and PhD students from a number of Academic Centers of Excellence for Cyber Security within the UK.Dr Jules Pagna Disso is responsible for developing, building, and running the day-to-day operations to provide threat intelligence. He also architects and engineers a comprehensive set of technologies and processes to provide superior situational awareness.

8:30 Registration & Coffee

9:00 Chairman's Opening Remarks

Colin is a co-founder and Director of i-confidential, a cyber security consultancy and services company, focused on the financial services sector, but experienced in driving the transformation of information security and risk management in clients from multiple industries. Colin was the CISO at RBS, before launching i-confidential, 7 years ago.

Bob is Chair of The Board at The Cyber Security Challenge UK Ltd, and an independent security Consultant Director and Advisor through Herne Hill Consulting Ltd. He is also a non-Executive Director and Board Member of Information Risk Management (IRM) Ltd, and the Chair of the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) Accreditation Committee.

He was the Director for Cyber and Assurance at BT until the end of 2013. Before joining BT in 2005, Bob was the Director of Technology & Engineering and Board Member at the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and held a number of other roles there before that. His career has also included periods with UK MoD (Defence Procurement Agency and Research Agencies), in The Netherlands with The SHAPE Technical Centre, and research at Cambridge University Engineering Department.

He graduated from Cambridge University (Trinity College), and subsequently read for a PhD also at Cambridge. He is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT Professional, a Fellow of the IET and of the BCS, and a Founder Fellow of the Institute of Information Security Professionals.

Bob is married to Dr Joanna Nowill, a Counselling Psychologist who runs The Cheltenham Trauma & Counselling Clinic, and they share three adult children and a rescue-Greyhound.

• Are the nation’s lack of cyber security skills a myth?
• Why is cyber security so vital?
• What is the impact if we don’t address the skills shortages?

12:20 Networking Lunch

• Understanding the importance of the human factor in preventing, detecting and overcoming a breach
• Debating the best practices in evaluating your corporate network and your staff’s level of awareness and competency
• Evaluating IT versus OT and influences on security and risk management within the realm of the corporate structure
• Discussing the “insider threat” and what it truly means – this may not always be malicious

Tim Harwood is a veteran of the security world and has been providing information security guidance and expertise to corporate clients, the UK Government and the UK military for over 30 years. As Managing Director of Harwood Security and Training Consultancy, he provides strategic direction for the company that he founded in 2013.
Tim’s professional background includes security capability strategy planning and development, information security capability framework design and implementation and security awareness strategy design and implementation. He has developed a security professional development framework for a global top ten oil and gas company, delivers training as a member of the SANS and Firebrand faculties and, as a thought leader, regularly presents at summits and conferences.
In 2013, he participated as a Subject Matter Expert and Steering Committee member for the design of the new GIAC certification, the GICSP certification. As part of his work he contributed questions for the certification exam and worked on the skills and competency framework for the certification. In addition, he is an Assessor and Interviewer for the IISP for potential new members.
Additionally, Tim has recently designed and delivered ICS security training and awareness for CPNI (as part of the UK National Cyber Security Strategy) as well as ENISA and other National governments and global companies.
Tim is a Full member of the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP), a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (FCMI) and is the holder of the GIAC Security Leadership (GSLC) and GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) Certifications. Tim is an elected member of the Board of Directors for the Institute of Information Security Professionals with the Board portfolio of IS skills and competencies.

Bernadette Palmer, Head of Communications, The Security Awareness Special Interest Group

Bob is Chair of The Board at The Cyber Security Challenge UK Ltd, and an independent security Consultant Director and Advisor through Herne Hill Consulting Ltd. He is also a non-Executive Director and Board Member of Information Risk Management (IRM) Ltd, and the Chair of the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) Accreditation Committee.

He was the Director for Cyber and Assurance at BT until the end of 2013. Before joining BT in 2005, Bob was the Director of Technology & Engineering and Board Member at the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and held a number of other roles there before that. His career has also included periods with UK MoD (Defence Procurement Agency and Research Agencies), in The Netherlands with The SHAPE Technical Centre, and research at Cambridge University Engineering Department.

He graduated from Cambridge University (Trinity College), and subsequently read for a PhD also at Cambridge. He is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT Professional, a Fellow of the IET and of the BCS, and a Founder Fellow of the Institute of Information Security Professionals.

Bob is married to Dr Joanna Nowill, a Counselling Psychologist who runs The Cheltenham Trauma & Counselling Clinic, and they share three adult children and a rescue-Greyhound.

Tim Harwood is a veteran of the security world and has been providing information security guidance and expertise to corporate clients, the UK Government and the UK military for over 30 years. As Managing Director of Harwood Security and Training Consultancy, he provides strategic direction for the company that he founded in 2013.
Tim’s professional background includes security capability strategy planning and development, information security capability framework design and implementation and security awareness strategy design and implementation. He has developed a security professional development framework for a global top ten oil and gas company, delivers training as a member of the SANS and Firebrand faculties and, as a thought leader, regularly presents at summits and conferences.
In 2013, he participated as a Subject Matter Expert and Steering Committee member for the design of the new GIAC certification, the GICSP certification. As part of his work he contributed questions for the certification exam and worked on the skills and competency framework for the certification. In addition, he is an Assessor and Interviewer for the IISP for potential new members.
Additionally, Tim has recently designed and delivered ICS security training and awareness for CPNI (as part of the UK National Cyber Security Strategy) as well as ENISA and other National governments and global companies.
Tim is a Full member of the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP), a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (FCMI) and is the holder of the GIAC Security Leadership (GSLC) and GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) Certifications. Tim is an elected member of the Board of Directors for the Institute of Information Security Professionals with the Board portfolio of IS skills and competencies.

• What are the driving factors?
• How does the enterprise buy into this and why should they?
• Understanding WIIFM
• How do you measure change?

14:40 Afternoon Tea

15:10 Securing Your Border with an API Gateway

Chris Patten is an enterprise architect and product owner at British Gas where he develops next generation architectures for the corporate environment. His areas of interest include cyber security, big data, NoSQL, customer intelligence, decisioning, APIs and Cloud. Previously he was architect of the award-winning Sky AdSmart targeted advertising platform and has contributed to a wide range of initiatives for a range of blue chip clients. In the early stages of his career Chris programmed C++ for commercial products and an innovation startup. He holds a Bachelors degree in computing and artificial intelligence from the University of Sussex.

What are impacting cyber security in O&G - from IoT to BYOD to cloud and data centres

How should organisations mitigate risks and adapt to such diverse and federated network?

What opportunities do API Gateways present

How to build and operate them

15:50 Threat Intelligence for ICS Security

Ben Densham, Chief Technology Officer , Nettitude Inc

• Defining threat intelligence and the importance of it in relation to ICS security
• Examining the various stages in gathering intelligence in order to bolster security
• Assessing the best practices
• Presenting how threat intelligence can aid informed tactical and operational and strategic decision making

16:30 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day Two

Colin is a co-founder and Director of i-confidential, a cyber security consultancy and services company, focused on the financial services sector, but experienced in driving the transformation of information security and risk management in clients from multiple industries. Colin was the CISO at RBS, before launching i-confidential, 7 years ago.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Chris Gibson spent over 12 years working in the CERT world at Citigroup and, for 10 years, was on the board of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST); 2 years as Chair. Together these have allowed him to work with colleagues from both inside one of the worlds largest global financial institutions with the complexities that brings and also with colleagues from the incident response community with members ranging from Microsoft and Oracle through to the national CERT’s of Azerbaijan and Indonesia.
At Citigroup he was responsible for the digital forensic program and strategy globally, including all operational aspects of investigations into Cybercrime in Citigroup’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. This included overseeing both the digital forensics and the investigation as well as reporting to senior management on on-going cases, trends and threats.

Within FIRST he implemented the Fellowship program. This was created to fund CERTs from UN designated “Least Developed Nations” (LDCs) allowing them to both join FIRST and attend conferences and training thereby starting to create the relationships that bring the most benefits to the incident response community.

He is a former member of the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) Cyber Advisory Panel.

Dr. Pagna Disso has over 15 years’ experience working in cyber security. Previously the head of EADS Innovation Works’ cyber security research lab in the UK, he was the technical lead for all cyber security related projects. Dr. Pagna Disso also provides ongoing consultancy services for various organisations on critical infrastructure security and also advises SMEs on security strategies. He holds a PhD in Intrusion Detection Systems as well as a number of cyber security related qualifications. His research interests include cyber security for Industrial Control Systems, honeypots, botnets, malware analysis, cloud security, cyber forensics, threat analysis, and vulnerability identification. In addition to developing and executing research projects into a wide range of areas relating to cyber security, including Industrial Control Systems, Dr. Pagna Disso is also responsible for supervising MSc and PhD students from a number of Academic Centers of Excellence for Cyber Security within the UK.Dr Jules Pagna Disso is responsible for developing, building, and running the day-to-day operations to provide threat intelligence. He also architects and engineers a comprehensive set of technologies and processes to provide superior situational awareness.

Graham joined National Grid as CISO and Global Head of Digital Risk in April 2014 after holding senior positions in cybersecurity with organisations in Ministry of Defence, Central Government and in the private sector. He joined National Grid from Northrop Grumman where he led their UK Cyber and Intelligence interests.; and prior to that was Deputy Director of the Office of Cyber Security in the Cabinet Office where he was responsible for leading the planning and resourcing of the National Cyber Security Strategy.
Graham has also acted as the Special Advisor on Cyber Security for the House of Commons Defence Committee; and currently chairs the UK pan-sector Emergency Executive
Committee for Cyber Security.

Chair, Energy Network Association Cyber Security Group and Head of Information Risk and Security , SSE

Joe has been working in security for over 17 years, with the last nine years in the energy sector. Joe has previous experience in Managed Security Services and Telecoms. Joe was involved at the initiation of the UK Smart Metering Implementation Programme, and represented industry security stakeholders on the Overall Design Advisory Group. Joe leads SSE’s security programme, and chairs the Energy Networks Association Cyber Security Subgroup.

As Chief Information Security Officer of Publicis Groupe, Thom is responsible for all aspects of information security risk and compliance as well as managing the Groupe Information Security Programme. Additionally the role is responsible for business continuity capabilities across the Groupe’s global operations. Having successfully built security and IT programmes from the ground up Thom brings an often opinionated and forward thinking view of security risk, both in assessments and management, but is able to do so with humour and pragmatism (mostly). An international public speaker and award winning security blogger, Thom contributes to a number of industry blogs and publications. Thom is also the sole founder of Host Unknown, a loose collective of three infosec luminaries combined to make security education and infotainment films. Thom can be found online at both thomlangford.com and @thomlangford on Twitter.

Andrew Powell

General Manager: Cybersecurity UK, Ireland & NL, CSC

Andy Powell is Director and Regional General Manager for Cyber Security, CSC.
Prior to CSC he was in the Royal Air Force for 28 years retiring as a one star officer. He last 3 roles were as CIO for the RAF and then for all UK Ministry of Defence Joint Operations. In his last role he was Director for the 225,000 User MoD Network and Head of all UK MoD Cyber Defence Operations.
Andy and his team won the Best Managed Security Service award in the SC Magazine Awards Europe announced earlier this year.

Ben Densham

Chief Technology Officer , Nettitude Inc

Bernadette Palmer

Head of Communications, The Security Awareness Special Interest Group

Chris Patten

Enterprise Architect, Technologist, British Gas Plc

Chris Patten is an enterprise architect and product owner at British Gas where he develops next generation architectures for the corporate environment. His areas of interest include cyber security, big data, NoSQL, customer intelligence, decisioning, APIs and Cloud. Previously he was architect of the award-winning Sky AdSmart targeted advertising platform and has contributed to a wide range of initiatives for a range of blue chip clients. In the early stages of his career Chris programmed C++ for commercial products and an innovation startup. He holds a Bachelors degree in computing and artificial intelligence from the University of Sussex.

Chris Gibson

Director, CERT-UK

Chris Gibson spent over 12 years working in the CERT world at Citigroup and, for 10 years, was on the board of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST); 2 years as Chair. Together these have allowed him to work with colleagues from both inside one of the worlds largest global financial institutions with the complexities that brings and also with colleagues from the incident response community with members ranging from Microsoft and Oracle through to the national CERT’s of Azerbaijan and Indonesia.
At Citigroup he was responsible for the digital forensic program and strategy globally, including all operational aspects of investigations into Cybercrime in Citigroup’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. This included overseeing both the digital forensics and the investigation as well as reporting to senior management on on-going cases, trends and threats.

Within FIRST he implemented the Fellowship program. This was created to fund CERTs from UN designated “Least Developed Nations” (LDCs) allowing them to both join FIRST and attend conferences and training thereby starting to create the relationships that bring the most benefits to the incident response community.

He is a former member of the British Bankers’ Association (BBA) Cyber Advisory Panel.

Chris joined CERT-UK in November 2013.

Chris Hankin

Director of the Institute for Security Science and Technology and a Professor of Computing Science, Imperial College London

Professor Hankin joined Imperial in 1984 and was promoted to Professor in 1995. He is Director of the Institute for Security Science and Technology, a cross-faculty research institute focussed on applying science and technology to challenges from security and resilience. His research is in cyber security and data analytics. He is also Director of the CPNI/EPSRC Research Institute on Trustworthy Industrial Control Systems. He is a member of the ACM Europe Council, and Vice Chair of the DG CONNECT Advisory Forum for the European Commission.

Colin Fraser

Director, i-confidential

Colin is a co-founder and Director of i-confidential, a cyber security consultancy and services company, focused on the financial services sector, but experienced in driving the transformation of information security and risk management in clients from multiple industries. Colin was the CISO at RBS, before launching i-confidential, 7 years ago.

Dimitry Shvartsman

Director of Industrial Security , Waterfall Security Solutions

Dr Jules Pagna Disso

Head of Research, Nettitude Ltd

Dr. Pagna Disso has over 15 years’ experience working in cyber security. Previously the head of EADS Innovation Works’ cyber security research lab in the UK, he was the technical lead for all cyber security related projects. Dr. Pagna Disso also provides ongoing consultancy services for various organisations on critical infrastructure security and also advises SMEs on security strategies. He holds a PhD in Intrusion Detection Systems as well as a number of cyber security related qualifications. His research interests include cyber security for Industrial Control Systems, honeypots, botnets, malware analysis, cloud security, cyber forensics, threat analysis, and vulnerability identification. In addition to developing and executing research projects into a wide range of areas relating to cyber security, including Industrial Control Systems, Dr. Pagna Disso is also responsible for supervising MSc and PhD students from a number of Academic Centers of Excellence for Cyber Security within the UK.Dr Jules Pagna Disso is responsible for developing, building, and running the day-to-day operations to provide threat intelligence. He also architects and engineers a comprehensive set of technologies and processes to provide superior situational awareness.

Dr Robert Nowill

Chairman, Cyber Security Challenge UK Ltd

Bob is Chair of The Board at The Cyber Security Challenge UK Ltd, and an independent security Consultant Director and Advisor through Herne Hill Consulting Ltd. He is also a non-Executive Director and Board Member of Information Risk Management (IRM) Ltd, and the Chair of the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) Accreditation Committee.

He was the Director for Cyber and Assurance at BT until the end of 2013. Before joining BT in 2005, Bob was the Director of Technology & Engineering and Board Member at the UK’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and held a number of other roles there before that. His career has also included periods with UK MoD (Defence Procurement Agency and Research Agencies), in The Netherlands with The SHAPE Technical Centre, and research at Cambridge University Engineering Department.

He graduated from Cambridge University (Trinity College), and subsequently read for a PhD also at Cambridge. He is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered IT Professional, a Fellow of the IET and of the BCS, and a Founder Fellow of the Institute of Information Security Professionals.

Bob is married to Dr Joanna Nowill, a Counselling Psychologist who runs The Cheltenham Trauma & Counselling Clinic, and they share three adult children and a rescue-Greyhound.

Graham Wright

CISO & Global Head of Digital Risk and Security, National Grid

Graham joined National Grid as CISO and Global Head of Digital Risk in April 2014 after holding senior positions in cybersecurity with organisations in Ministry of Defence, Central Government and in the private sector. He joined National Grid from Northrop Grumman where he led their UK Cyber and Intelligence interests.; and prior to that was Deputy Director of the Office of Cyber Security in the Cabinet Office where he was responsible for leading the planning and resourcing of the National Cyber Security Strategy.
Graham has also acted as the Special Advisor on Cyber Security for the House of Commons Defence Committee; and currently chairs the UK pan-sector Emergency Executive
Committee for Cyber Security.

Joe Dauncey

Chair, Energy Network Association Cyber Security Group and Head of Information Risk and Security , SSE

Joe has been working in security for over 17 years, with the last nine years in the energy sector. Joe has previous experience in Managed Security Services and Telecoms. Joe was involved at the initiation of the UK Smart Metering Implementation Programme, and represented industry security stakeholders on the Overall Design Advisory Group. Joe leads SSE’s security programme, and chairs the Energy Networks Association Cyber Security Subgroup.

Lee Langley

Senior Security Systems Engineer (Utilities), Palo Alto Networks

Noam Green

Product Manager , Check Point Software Technologies Ltd

Noam Green is a Product Manager at Check Point Software Technologies. A recognized security advocate, Noam brings with him more than 14 years of experience in the data networking industry in companies ranging from Satellite Communication, through Cellular Operators to Telco Software providers, including vast experience in heading Marketing and Product Management teams.

Prior to joining Check Point, Noam led the Marketing and Product Management teams in Mobixell Networks (the global leader of mobile Internet optimization and monetization solutions, acquired by Flash Networks).

Noam holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and Economics from Ben Gurion University in Israel.

Professor Awais Rashid

Director, Lancaster University

Professor Awais Rashid is Director of Security Lancaster Research Centre, one of the UK’s Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research. He possesses an extensive multi-disciplinary background having worked at the boundary of computer science, social science and psychology for several years. He is particularly focused on sense-making of large, heterogeneous data sources and human factors in order to unravel impacts on cyber resilience of individuals, organisations and infrastructures. He developed novel digital persona analysis techniques to unravel the deception tactics deployed by sophisticated cyber criminals online. This work was selected as one of the 100 Big Ideas of the Future by Research Councils UK and Universities UK, influenced UK and European policy frameworks, is used in law enforcement applications and underpins commercial products through a spin-out company. He has also conducted research on analysis of large-scale networks including Internet-scale systems, techniques for open-source intelligence (OSINT) and the security and privacy issues pertaining to OSINT. He also researchers novel techniques for detecting sophisticated social engineering attacks and socio-technical factors underpinning online group formation and behaviours. He also currently leads a project as part of the UK Research Institute on Trustworthy Industrial Control Systems - researching novel socio-technical metrics for studying and articulating cyber security risks in such environments.

Rohini Kumar

Assistant Director, UK Trade & Investment

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Thom Langford

Chief Information Security Officer , Publicis Groupe

As Chief Information Security Officer of Publicis Groupe, Thom is responsible for all aspects of information security risk and compliance as well as managing the Groupe Information Security Programme. Additionally the role is responsible for business continuity capabilities across the Groupe’s global operations. Having successfully built security and IT programmes from the ground up Thom brings an often opinionated and forward thinking view of security risk, both in assessments and management, but is able to do so with humour and pragmatism (mostly). An international public speaker and award winning security blogger, Thom contributes to a number of industry blogs and publications. Thom is also the sole founder of Host Unknown, a loose collective of three infosec luminaries combined to make security education and infotainment films. Thom can be found online at both thomlangford.com and @thomlangford on Twitter.

Tim Harwood

Managing Director, HS and TC

Tim Harwood is a veteran of the security world and has been providing information security guidance and expertise to corporate clients, the UK Government and the UK military for over 30 years. As Managing Director of Harwood Security and Training Consultancy, he provides strategic direction for the company that he founded in 2013.
Tim’s professional background includes security capability strategy planning and development, information security capability framework design and implementation and security awareness strategy design and implementation. He has developed a security professional development framework for a global top ten oil and gas company, delivers training as a member of the SANS and Firebrand faculties and, as a thought leader, regularly presents at summits and conferences.
In 2013, he participated as a Subject Matter Expert and Steering Committee member for the design of the new GIAC certification, the GICSP certification. As part of his work he contributed questions for the certification exam and worked on the skills and competency framework for the certification. In addition, he is an Assessor and Interviewer for the IISP for potential new members.
Additionally, Tim has recently designed and delivered ICS security training and awareness for CPNI (as part of the UK National Cyber Security Strategy) as well as ENISA and other National governments and global companies.
Tim is a Full member of the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP), a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (FCMI) and is the holder of the GIAC Security Leadership (GSLC) and GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) Certifications. Tim is an elected member of the Board of Directors for the Institute of Information Security Professionals with the Board portfolio of IS skills and competencies.

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CSC

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CSC offers a full end to end service from consulting through to fully managed service delivery plus specialist identity management and business continuity capability.
The CSC Managed Security Service, which won the prestigious SC Magazine Awards Europe category for best Managed Security Service this year, is delivered primarily through the cloud. The service has already proven to reduce clients’ costs by 30% compared to an in-house solution, helping clients gain buy-in and justify budgets.
For one major client, CSC reduced false positive alarms by 80% and increased detection of real threats by 30%. By utilising CSC’s privileged threat intelligence, correlation engines and rule sets the company can significantly reduce the costs of unnecessary remediation and therefore drive efficiencies.
Get in touch with Andy Powell, Director and Regional General Manager for Cyber Security, CSC at apowell28@csc.com.

Sponsors and Exhibitors

View detailsCheck Point Software Technoligies Sponsors and Exhibitorshttp://www.checkpoint.com/Check Point Software Technologies, the largest pure-play security vendor globally, protects customers from cyber-attacks with an unmatched catch rate of malware and other types of attacks. Check Point offers a complete, centrally managed security architecture defending enterprises’ networks and critical infrastructures. Check Point protects over 100,000 organizations of all sizes.

View detailsPalo Alto NetworksSponsors and Exhibitorshttps://www.paloaltonetworks.com/Palo Alto Networks has pioneered the next generation of network security with an innovative infrastructure platform that allows organisations to secure their network and safely enable the applications running on it. This platform has three major elements: Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP), and Threat Intelligence Cloud (TIC). The NGFW delivers application, user, and content visibility and control with in-line protection against network based cyber threats. AEP delivers protection against cyber attacks that aim to exploit software vulnerabilities on a broad variety of fixed and virtual endpoints. TIC provides central intelligence capabilities and automated delivery of preventative measures against cyber attacks. We protect the networks of more than 25,000 organisations across multiple industries and are currently a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Firewalls – our fourth consecutive appearance in the Leader’s Quadrant.

View detailsWaterfall Security Sponsors and Exhibitorshttp://www.waterfall-security.com/Waterfall Security’s mission is to revolutionize the way industries protect their physical assets and processes from remote cyberattacks. With patented unidirectional technology embedded in each product of Waterfall’s portfolio, our customers are able to balance business and operational needs with their required level of cybersecurity. Business requirements are fulfilled, and operational processes continue in a safer environment without risks of remote attacks and malware propagation from the external connections.
Since 2007, Waterfall Security is the global leader in industrial cybersecurity technology. Waterfall products, based on its innovative unidirectional security gateway technology, represent an evolutionary alternative to firewalls. The flagship product, the Unidirectional Security Gateway, creates an impassable, physical barrier eliminating the possibility of external online attacks from reaching the industrial environment. Through the Unidirectional Security Gateway, real-time access to information from the industrial site is made available, enabling IT/OT integration, operational visibility by headquarters, vendor monitoring, industrial cloud services, and many other advanced and critical business needs.
Waterfall offers a comprehensive solution portfolio for a variety of business and operational requirements in many industries. Each solution enables business and operational processes to continue without risk of remote attacks, and does so cost effectively. Having eliminated interactive remote control attacks, industrial sites benefit from cost reductions at many levels. Maintenance costs of the Waterfall technology are dramatically lower than any alternative. In addition, using Waterfall’s technology reduces the costs and facilitates compliance with various governmental regulations and best-practice recommendations such as NERC CIP, NRC, NIST, CFATS, ANSSI and others.
The company's growing list of customers include national infrastructures, power plants, nuclear plants, on/off-shore platforms, refineries, manufacturing plants, utility companies, plus many more. Deployed throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Waterfall products support the widest range of leading industrial remote monitoring platforms, applications, databases and protocols in the market.

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Cyber threats to federal information systems and cyber-based critical infrastructures are evolving and growing. These threats can be unintentional and intentional, targeted or nontargeted, and can come from a variety of sources, such as foreign nations engaged in espionage and information warfare, criminals, hackers, virus writers, and disgruntled employees and contractors working within an organization. Moreover, these groups and individuals have a variety of attack techniques at their disposal, and cyber exploitation activity has grown more sophisticated, more targeted, and more serious. As government, private sector, and personal activities continue to move to networked operations, as digital systems add ever more capabilities, as wireless systems become more ubiquitous, and as the design, manufacture, and service of information technology have moved overseas, the threat will continue to grow. In the absence of robust security programs, agencies have experienced a wide range of incidents involving data loss or theft, computer intrusions, and privacy breaches, underscoring the need for improved security practices. These developments have led government officials to become increasingly concerned about the potential for a cyber attack.

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We present DSA to you as an ideal platform in the domain of defence and security to showcase your products, services and cutting-edge technologies. DSA is very extensively circulated among key policy and decision makers in the federal and 28 state governments and corporate world in India and worldwide through print and online editions.

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View detailsInformation Security Forum (ISF)Supportershttp://www.securityforum.orgFounded in 1989, the Information Security Forum (ISF) is an independent, not-for-profit association of leading organisations from around the world. It is dedicated to investigating, clarifying and resolving key issues in cyber, information security and risk management and developing best practice methodologies, processes and solutions that meet the business needs of its Members. ISF Members benefit from harnessing and sharing in-depth knowledge and practical experience drawn from within their organisations and developed through an extensive research and work program.

View detailsInformation Security TodaySupportershttp://www.infosectoday.comInformation Security Today provides essential information for managing the security of a modern, evolving enterprise. It is written for information security managers and other technical managers and staff who are the first-line support responsible for the daily, efficient operation of security policies, procedures, standards, and practices.

View detailsInternational Journal of Information and Computer SecuritySupportershttp://www.inderscience.com/ijicsComputer security has been a major concern since the 1950s. The ubiquity of the internet has engendered the prevalence of information sharing among networked users and organisations. This has rendered possible countless invasions of privacy/security worldwide. The risk of invasion has generated enormous concern about information and computer security among businesses, governments, legislators, academics, researchers, scientists and the public. The International Journal of Information and Computer Security addresses development of information and computer security in the fields of information technology, political science, informatics, sociology, engineering and science.

View detailsInternational Journal of Information Privacy, Security and IntegritySupportershttp://www.inderscience.com/ijipsiThe International Journal of Information Privacy, Security and Integrity presents research results in the theory, application, implementation, analysis, design and evaluation of information privacy and security. IJIPSI also aims to bring together researchers in the various relevant disciplines to explore issues and problems in information integrity defined as information accuracy, consistency and reliability. The journal welcomes contributions on all aspects of information privacy, security and integrity

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View detailsInternational Journal of Information Technology, Communications and ConvergenceSupportershttp://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijitccInformation technology (IT) has influenced every aspect of our lives and cultures. Without IT-based applications, it would be difficult to keep information stored securely, process information efficiently and communicate conveniently. IT will not only continue playing a key role in the convergence of computing, communications and all other aspects of computational science and applications but will also influence the future's roadmap in many significant areas. IJITCC addresses the theories and practical applications of this future generation information technology (FGIT).

View detailsInternational Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal TechnologySupportershttp://www.inderscience.com/ijogctThe International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology is a multidisciplinary refereed journal that is concerned with exploration, production, processing and refining, storage and transportation, economical, managerial, business, environmental, safety and security issues related to oil, natural gas, coal and petrochemicals as well as manufacturing and refining of biofuels.

View detailsInternational Journal of Security and NetworksSupportershttp://www.inderscience.com/ijsnIJSN proposes and fosters discussion on and dissemination of network security related issues.

View detailsIT GRC ForumSupportershttp://www.itgrcforum.comThe IT GRC Forum is an online resource and networking platform for the Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) community. It is our goal to help industry stakeholders, government regulators, and end-users better understand and manage the increasingly complex GRC landscape across their organization. We produce educational events and provide market intelligence to over 50,000 high level IT Security and Compliance professionals who subscribe to our platform. You can register for free at you can register at www.itgrcforum.com

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View detailsIT TodaySupportershttp://www.ittoday.infoIT Today serves as a forum for exchanging best practices and insights based on managerial experience in order to advance the practice of information technology (IT or ICT) systems management. Its targeted IT community readership is the same as its targeted authors: IT practitioners and consultants who are thought leaders in applying theoretical frameworks and deriving insights from the field.

View detailsLatinNewsSupportershttp://www.latinnews.comLatinNews has been at the forefront of respected political, economic, security and strategic analysis since 1967. Today LatinNews provides a comprehensive intelligence resource on 33 countries in Central America, Latin America and the Caribbean; covering political, security, economic and strategic issues. LatinNews is the de facto intelligence source for serious LatAm professionals and academics worldwide. FREE 10-day evaluation is available from: http://www.latinnews.com or send in your contact details via: http://www.latinnews.com/contact-us

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From breaking news, technological advances to exploration and production, LNG World Newsexperienced and well-respected team of editors, columnists and correspondents will keep you well informed. Whether you are a employee, engineer, captain, manager, authority or executive, the place to find the latest developments in the LNG industry is on LNGWorldNews.com.

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View detailsNatural Gas EuropeSupportershttp://www.naturalgaseurope.comEuropeans are holding out great promise for shale and other unconventional energy resources as a means of enhancing domestic resources and energy security. Natural Gas Europe is an online community focused primarily on unconventional gas resources in addition to energy security and pipelines.

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We are a trusted, established and expert voice in this constantly changing industry. Always on top of the latest trends with in depth analysis of innovative technologies for the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors.
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View detailsOil Information Technology Journal (oilit.com)Supportershttp://www.oilit.comOil Information Technology Journal (oilit.com) is a monthly newsletter focusing on oil and gas information technology. Coverage spans geoscience, drilling, production and distribution, plant data management, finance and e-business. Since 1996, Oil IT Journal has provided clear and impartial analysis of the technical and commercial issues important to oil and gas CIOs, decision makers and knowledge workers. Oil IT Journal reports on emerging technologies including high performance computing, visualization and virtual reality, real time operations, oilfield modeling, simulation, optimization, knowledge, data and information management. In 2005, a survey carried out by Houston-based Spur Digital for the Petrotechnical Open Standards Consortium (POSC) determined that oilit.com was ‘the most popular news site for IT professionals in the energy industry.’ Oilit.com currently receives around 2,000 visits per day.

View detailsOil, Gas & Energy LawSupportershttp://www.ogel.orgOil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL, ISSN 1875-418X) is a comprehensive and innovative information service with a focus on oil-gas-energy law, regulation, treaties, judicial and arbitral cases, voluntary guidelines, tax and contracting, including the oil-gas-energy geopolitics. See www.ogel.org for more details on published issues and details on how to contribute.

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View detailsPetroleum AfricaSupportershttp://www.petroleumafrica.comPetroleum Africa is the world's leading monthly magazine dedicated to providing in-depth upstream and downstream coverage of key issues affecting the fast-paced oil and gas industries of Africa, the last great exploration frontier. Its broad-based coverage and analysis of current activities provides you with the latest news, an African country focus, exclusive interviews, technology updates, company profiles, and essential political reviews from the world's top energy players. And for daily news from the continent www.petroleumafrica.com offers the latest information as it happens, along with an event calendar, country reports, industry links, and access to Petroleum Africa magazine articles.

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View detailsProfessional Security MagazineSupportershttp://www.professionalsecurity.co.ukProfessional Security magazine has been filling the growing need to voice the opinions of the UK private security industry and its users since 1989. We pride ourselves on our ability to drive forward the interests of the industry through our monthly print magazine, weekly newsletters and website news.

View detailsTechnologyConference.comSupportershttp://www.technologyconference.comTechnologyConference.com is a premier resource of professional events, providing the latest information on technology events for R&D, business development and marketing professionals in technology-intensive industries. TechnologyConference.com is one of the most widely-read technology event publications, providing the latest information on technology events for R&D, business development and marketing professionals in knowledge-intensive industries. Decision-makers at Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and R&D organizations watch the technology event announcements published at TechnologyConference.com and its media partnership network.

View detailsTechWeekEurope UKSupportershttp://www.TechWeekEurope.co.ukTechWeekEurope UK, is the authoritative UK source for news, features and reviews of business technology. Its aim is to help IT decision makers enhance their business with technology. The site provides insight on topics including mobility, security, cloud computing, public sector and sustainable IT. TechWeekEurope UK is published by NetMediaEurope, a leading B2B IT publisher owning a portfolio of 30 sites across Europe.

View detailsUpstreamSupportershttp://www.upstreamonline.comUpstream has, since its launch 12 years ago, firmly established itself as the leading news source in the international oil and gas industry. Our policy is to relentlessly pursue accurate, exclusive and independent news coverage of the entire upstream oil and gas industry in every corner of the globe.

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View detailsVirus BulletinSupportershttp://www.virusbtn.comVirus Bulletin is a security information portal, testing and certification body with a formidable reputation for providing users with free of charge independent intelligence about the latest developments in the global threat landscape. It includes comparative product reviews featuring the unique VB100 (anti-virus) & VBSpam (anti-spam) award scheme and a wealth of material dating back to 1989. The annual international Virus Bulletin conference is cited by many as the IT security event of the year.

View detailsWorld OilsSupportershttp://www.worldoils.comWorldoils is a company that combines the power of marketing as well as the in-house expertise for the Oil, Gas, Offshore and the Maritime industries. Worldoils' web portal www.worldoils.com has become a truly central platform for visitors who need information regarding oil and gas products and services, research, training, conferences, news and events as well as a popular advertising base for providers of Oil, Gas, Marine and Offshore services. Worldoils has also launched the jobs system and a marketplace. In the recent months, Worldoils has strengthened its position as a fast developing central place for buying and selling of land rigs, offshore rigs,barge rigs and other oilfield and subsea equipment.

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Check Point Software Technoligies

Check Point Software Technologies, the largest pure-play security vendor globally, protects customers from cyber-attacks with an unmatched catch rate of malware and other types of attacks. Check Point offers a complete, centrally managed security architecture defending enterprises’ networks and critical infrastructures. Check Point protects over 100,000 organizations of all sizes.

Palo Alto Networks

Palo Alto Networks has pioneered the next generation of network security with an innovative infrastructure platform that allows organisations to secure their network and safely enable the applications running on it. This platform has three major elements: Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW), Advanced Endpoint Protection (AEP), and Threat Intelligence Cloud (TIC). The NGFW delivers application, user, and content visibility and control with in-line protection against network based cyber threats. AEP delivers protection against cyber attacks that aim to exploit software vulnerabilities on a broad variety of fixed and virtual endpoints. TIC provides central intelligence capabilities and automated delivery of preventative measures against cyber attacks. We protect the networks of more than 25,000 organisations across multiple industries and are currently a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Firewalls – our fourth consecutive appearance in the Leader’s Quadrant.

Waterfall Security

Waterfall Security’s mission is to revolutionize the way industries protect their physical assets and processes from remote cyberattacks. With patented unidirectional technology embedded in each product of Waterfall’s portfolio, our customers are able to balance business and operational needs with their required level of cybersecurity. Business requirements are fulfilled, and operational processes continue in a safer environment without risks of remote attacks and malware propagation from the external connections.
Since 2007, Waterfall Security is the global leader in industrial cybersecurity technology. Waterfall products, based on its innovative unidirectional security gateway technology, represent an evolutionary alternative to firewalls. The flagship product, the Unidirectional Security Gateway, creates an impassable, physical barrier eliminating the possibility of external online attacks from reaching the industrial environment. Through the Unidirectional Security Gateway, real-time access to information from the industrial site is made available, enabling IT/OT integration, operational visibility by headquarters, vendor monitoring, industrial cloud services, and many other advanced and critical business needs.
Waterfall offers a comprehensive solution portfolio for a variety of business and operational requirements in many industries. Each solution enables business and operational processes to continue without risk of remote attacks, and does so cost effectively. Having eliminated interactive remote control attacks, industrial sites benefit from cost reductions at many levels. Maintenance costs of the Waterfall technology are dramatically lower than any alternative. In addition, using Waterfall’s technology reduces the costs and facilitates compliance with various governmental regulations and best-practice recommendations such as NERC CIP, NRC, NIST, CFATS, ANSSI and others.
The company's growing list of customers include national infrastructures, power plants, nuclear plants, on/off-shore platforms, refineries, manufacturing plants, utility companies, plus many more. Deployed throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, Waterfall products support the widest range of leading industrial remote monitoring platforms, applications, databases and protocols in the market.

Media Partners

Mind Commerce

The Mind Commerce® mission is to provide customized research, consulting, training, and writing services for the telecommunications and IT industry within our areas of expertise. Mind Commerce clients include manufacturers, developers, service providers, industry organizations, and government. Mind Commerce partners include various leading firms in the telecommunications industry. Mind Commerce differentiates itself from its competition by meeting the unique needs of its clients through customized product development and service delivery.

IT Performance Improvement (ITPI)

IT Performance Improvement (ITPI) is where IT professionals share their expertise in making IT organizations and people perform better. ITPI covers such topics as:
•Metrics
•Project Management
•IT Infrastructure
•Process and Productivity
•IT Management
•Managing IT People

Global Energy Watch

GlobalEnergyWatch brings the latest Energy news from government, industry and major news agencies around the world. Our service has over 60,000 active subscribers and 2 million article readers per year.
GlobalEnergyWatch content is categorised in over 10 main news groups for example: “Solar Energy News”, or “Oil & Gas News” making recent and related articles easy to find.
Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter on www.GlobalEnergyWatch.com/subscription

Auerbach Publications

Auerbach Publications provides high-quality, high-caliber information aimed specifically at the diverse audience of professionals in the information and communication technology field. The unique blend of leading-edge technical information combined with practical and proven expertise sets Auerbach apart from other computer-related publications. The authors of Auerbach’s vast array of books are selected carefully based on their expertise and contribution to the ICT field. The information is relevant, timely and accurate. Few publishers can sustain the longevity of practical and meaningful insight as provided by Auerbach’s team of recognized authors and specialized editors delivering knowledge-based solutions to the most demanding ICT problems.

Defence Suppliers

Defence-Suppliers provides a unique platform to present your latest equipment and systems to the world's defence and security industry. We are a key information resource for MODs, DODs, decision makers, governments, prime contractors, service chiefs, defence ministers, police forces and system integrators. Delivering a comprehensive breakdown of products and services from leading industry contractors, with up-to-date news and press releases when developments occur. With links to all the major industry events, the portal provides an opportunity for visitors to develop international relationships and generate new business opportunities.

Energy Global

Energyglobal.com is a web product from leading energy publishers, Palladian Publications Ltd, providing a unique information portal spanning the energy sector worldwide. In tandem with the website, the company also publishes a series of industry leading energy related technical and analytical magazines available by subscription, including: Oilfield Technology, Hydrocarbon Engineering, World Pipelines and LNG Industry.

Natural Gas Europe

Europeans are holding out great promise for shale and other unconventional energy resources as a means of enhancing domestic resources and energy security. Natural Gas Europe is an online community focused primarily on unconventional gas resources in addition to energy security and pipelines.

International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology

The International Journal of Oil, Gas and Coal Technology is a multidisciplinary refereed journal that is concerned with exploration, production, processing and refining, storage and transportation, economical, managerial, business, environmental, safety and security issues related to oil, natural gas, coal and petrochemicals as well as manufacturing and refining of biofuels.

Oil & Gas Technology

Oil & Gas Technology connects growth and western markets across the oil and gas industry. We provide technology news, exclusive interviews with industry insiders and analysis for upstream, downstream and pipeline sectors. Register now to receive our weekly newsletters and e-Magazines at no cost.

Cedigaz

Cedigaz is an international association dedicated to natural gas information, created in 1961 by a group of international gas companies and the Institut Français du Pétrole (IFP Energies Nouvelles). It is based near Paris. Cedigaz has more than 150 members in 40 countries. Cedigaz' goals consist in gathering, compiling and analysing worldwide economical information on natural gas, LNG and unconventional gas in an exhaustive and critical way. The information that Cedigaz deals with touches on all activities and aspects of the gas industry (exploration, reserves, production and processing, transportation, trade, storage, distribution and consumption of natural gas). Cedigaz diffuses the information in its periodic bulletins, surveys and online databases.

Inderscience Publishers

Inderscience is a dynamic, leading, independent journal publisher. The company disseminates the latest research across the broad fields of science, engineering and technology; management, public and business administration; environment, ecological economics and sustainable development; computing, ICT and internet/web services, and related areas. Inderscience offers over 35 years' experience in publishing and has succeeded in building a substantial collection approaching 400 high-quality peer-reviewed international research journals in both online and print formats. We offer a variety of ways to keep up-to-date with the latest published leading-edge research while our online collection represents a fully-searchable digital archive of around 60,000 articles.

NRG Energy

NRGExpert is an independent energy market intelligence and research company. We specialise in energy market research reports, energy market databases and energy market consulting as well as analysis and market forecasts. Our global energy market research reports cover the electricity, water and waste, gas, hydrogen, nuclear and the renewable energy markets. We follow the energy markets very closely and we produce a wide range of reports, databases and directories. We also answer very specific energy market information requirements with our energy market consulting and data services. We provide information to a wide range of companies, associations, education and government bodies and organisations.

IT Governance Ltd

IT Governance Ltd provides end-to-end cyber-security management solutions to help clients globally protect critical and sensitive information. We are the single source provider for comprehensive information, advice, books, tools, training and consultancy for information security, IT governance, risk management and compliance. Visit our website to learn more about our products and services: www.itgovernance.co.uk

Power Technology

Future Power Technology is an established monthly digital magazine, offering in-depth coverage of the global power industry in an exciting, interactive format.

Brought to you by an experienced editorial and design team, Future Power Technology is the essential read for any decision maker wanting up-to-date power industry news and analysis, with articles and interviews on new technology, energy, construction projects and designs, operations and maintenance and much more. . .

You can view our previous issues now, and subscribe to the magazine for free to get each new issue delivered directly to your inbox.

Oil Information Technology Journal (oilit.com)

Oil Information Technology Journal (oilit.com) is a monthly newsletter focusing on oil and gas information technology. Coverage spans geoscience, drilling, production and distribution, plant data management, finance and e-business. Since 1996, Oil IT Journal has provided clear and impartial analysis of the technical and commercial issues important to oil and gas CIOs, decision makers and knowledge workers. Oil IT Journal reports on emerging technologies including high performance computing, visualization and virtual reality, real time operations, oilfield modeling, simulation, optimization, knowledge, data and information management. In 2005, a survey carried out by Houston-based Spur Digital for the Petrotechnical Open Standards Consortium (POSC) determined that oilit.com was ‘the most popular news site for IT professionals in the energy industry.’ Oilit.com currently receives around 2,000 visits per day.

A. Cullen & Associates, Inc.

With our finger on the pulse of the ever-evolving Smart Grid, commodities and energy industries, and our eyes clearly focused on the future, we offer clients a distinct and important advantage in identifying and recruiting the talent required to adapt and succeed in the face of change. Backed by over a decade of industry experience, we have a track record of building profitable teams in these niche sectors. Armed with a keen understanding of legislative and regulatory change, industry business model evolution and human capital trends, we help our clients continually stay one step ahead of the competition.

TechWeekEurope UK

TechWeekEurope UK, is the authoritative UK source for news, features and reviews of business technology. Its aim is to help IT decision makers enhance their business with technology. The site provides insight on topics including mobility, security, cloud computing, public sector and sustainable IT. TechWeekEurope UK is published by NetMediaEurope, a leading B2B IT publisher owning a portfolio of 30 sites across Europe.

Upstream

Upstream has, since its launch 12 years ago, firmly established itself as the leading news source in the international oil and gas industry. Our policy is to relentlessly pursue accurate, exclusive and independent news coverage of the entire upstream oil and gas industry in every corner of the globe.

LNG World News

LNG World News delivers expert coverage of the industry sectors that matter most to you and your business. This includes news and updates on plants, markets, terminals, pipelines, projects, vessels, equipment, research, companies, contractors and the authorities dominating these markets.
From breaking news, technological advances to exploration and production, LNG World Newsexperienced and well-respected team of editors, columnists and correspondents will keep you well informed. Whether you are a employee, engineer, captain, manager, authority or executive, the place to find the latest developments in the LNG industry is on LNGWorldNews.com.

Professional Security Magazine

Professional Security magazine has been filling the growing need to voice the opinions of the UK private security industry and its users since 1989. We pride ourselves on our ability to drive forward the interests of the industry through our monthly print magazine, weekly newsletters and website news.

Alexander's Oil and Gas Connections

Alexander’s Gas and Oil Connections is the web-service of Alexander Wöstmann, a national of the Netherlands from 1958 now living in Germany, and is the expression of the wish to give a different coverage on global energy-related developments.

ABI Research

ABI Research is the leader in technology market intelligence. Our analysts act as an extension of the world’s most innovative organizations, accelerating their overall decision-making process to more quickly and confidently execute strategies. We assess markets to explore trends, offer insight into the changing landscape, and define tomorrow’s strategic technologies. For more information, visit www.abiresearch.com

International Journal of Security and Networks

MJMEnergy

MJMEnergy offer energy consultancy, training and publishing solutions to energy companies worldwide. A multi-disciplined team of experts, all currently working within the industry, are available for consultancy assignments, training presentations and publishing projects.

Navigant Research

Navigant Research is a market research and consulting team that provides in-depth analysis of global clean technology markets. The team's research methodology combines supply-side industry analysis, end-user primary research and demand assessment, and deep examination of technology trends to provide a comprehensive view of these industry sectors.

E&P Daily

E&P Daily presents you with up to the minute vital facts on the international upstream industry. E-mailed to you every day, two pages in length, E&P Daily is an accurate and concise report that will immediately highlight the most significant international developments in the upstream industry. Regular features include ongoing and future projects, government policy and company news. Expert analysis will alert you to business opportunities worldwide. The weekly Sharewatch quickly highlights the status of the companies involved in the global upstream industry.

Virus Bulletin

Virus Bulletin is a security information portal, testing and certification body with a formidable reputation for providing users with free of charge independent intelligence about the latest developments in the global threat landscape. It includes comparative product reviews featuring the unique VB100 (anti-virus) & VBSpam (anti-spam) award scheme and a wealth of material dating back to 1989. The annual international Virus Bulletin conference is cited by many as the IT security event of the year.

Utility Horizons International

utilityhorizons.com is home to two original and innovative initiatives: utilityhorizons QUARTERLY and utilityhorizons SYMPOSIUM were created with the dual goals of Educating and Informing Utility Automation and Information Technology professionals about how to succeed and thrive in the utility industry in a variety of new and exciting ways and apply the diverse set of automation tools at our disposal, both now and in the future - See more at: http://www.utilityhorizons.com/#sthash.XRUKylIF.dpuf

World Oils

Worldoils is a company that combines the power of marketing as well as the in-house expertise for the Oil, Gas, Offshore and the Maritime industries. Worldoils' web portal www.worldoils.com has become a truly central platform for visitors who need information regarding oil and gas products and services, research, training, conferences, news and events as well as a popular advertising base for providers of Oil, Gas, Marine and Offshore services. Worldoils has also launched the jobs system and a marketplace. In the recent months, Worldoils has strengthened its position as a fast developing central place for buying and selling of land rigs, offshore rigs,barge rigs and other oilfield and subsea equipment.

International Journal of Information and Computer Security

Computer security has been a major concern since the 1950s. The ubiquity of the internet has engendered the prevalence of information sharing among networked users and organisations. This has rendered possible countless invasions of privacy/security worldwide. The risk of invasion has generated enormous concern about information and computer security among businesses, governments, legislators, academics, researchers, scientists and the public. The International Journal of Information and Computer Security addresses development of information and computer security in the fields of information technology, political science, informatics, sociology, engineering and science.

Defence and Security Alert

Defence and Security Alert (DSA) is the first and the only ISO 9001:2008 certified, world-class monthly Indian magazine in defence and security journalism. Committed to global defence and security, DSA covers a strictly research based spectrum of dynamic scenarios in India and challenging horizons beyond national borders. DSA is the only Indian magazine in this genre, available on the Indian Air Force (IAF) Intranet.

We present DSA to you as an ideal platform in the domain of defence and security to showcase your products, services and cutting-edge technologies. DSA is very extensively circulated among key policy and decision makers in the federal and 28 state governments and corporate world in India and worldwide through print and online editions.

OffComm News

The resource for buyers and suppliers of telecommunications destined for remote & harsh environments. For mission critical operations, as well as the people based in these locations, OffComm News focuses on advancements in communications in and out of offshore rigs, the supporting maritime sector, deserts, mines and other E&P remote sites worldwide. The magazine delivers articles and news from around the globe every quarter covering connectivity innovation in operations and infrastructure, alongside crew welfare communications and entertainment developments.
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CyberSecurityJobsite.com

CyberSecurityJobsite.com is an on-line job board designed and marketed to attract candidates who work within the Cyber Security environment. We advertise 100’s of job opportunities both on a Permanent and Contract basis covering opportunities within all industry sectors. Visit our site www.CyberSecurityJobsite.com to search for your next job opportunity.

European Offshore Petroleum Newsletter

European Offshore Petroleum Newsletter is the weekly executive report for petroleum professionals who rely on expert analysis, timely news, exclusive information and business opportunity leads. Subscribers to European Offshore Petroleum Newsletter receive the latest on: oil and gas field developments, activities of operators, fabricators, contractors and leading service and supply companies. It also includes the fortnightly Sharewatch, the exclusive financial share report on the European oil and service companies. For a free trial to European Offshore Petroleum Newsletter please e-mail subs@ogilviepub.com or register online at: http://www.ogilviepub.com or call +44 (0) 191 567 8497

International Journal of Information Technology, Communications and Convergence

Information technology (IT) has influenced every aspect of our lives and cultures. Without IT-based applications, it would be difficult to keep information stored securely, process information efficiently and communicate conveniently. IT will not only continue playing a key role in the convergence of computing, communications and all other aspects of computational science and applications but will also influence the future's roadmap in many significant areas. IJITCC addresses the theories and practical applications of this future generation information technology (FGIT).

International Journal of Information Technology and Management

IJITM is a refereed and highly professional journal covering information technology, its evolution and future prospects. It addresses technological, managerial, political, economic and organisational aspects of the application of IT.

Oil and Gas Innovation

Oil and Gas Innovation embodies the true driving force of growth in the Oil and Gas sector, innovation.
We are a trusted, established and expert voice in this constantly changing industry. Always on top of the latest trends with in depth analysis of innovative technologies for the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors.
We pride ourselves in bringing industry related trends, news and results to our worldwide readers which is otherwise difficult to obtain. We do a great job highlighting your technology, which our readers want and need.

International Journal of Information Privacy, Security and Integrity

The International Journal of Information Privacy, Security and Integrity presents research results in the theory, application, implementation, analysis, design and evaluation of information privacy and security. IJIPSI also aims to bring together researchers in the various relevant disciplines to explore issues and problems in information integrity defined as information accuracy, consistency and reliability. The journal welcomes contributions on all aspects of information privacy, security and integrity

Information Security Forum (ISF)

Founded in 1989, the Information Security Forum (ISF) is an independent, not-for-profit association of leading organisations from around the world. It is dedicated to investigating, clarifying and resolving key issues in cyber, information security and risk management and developing best practice methodologies, processes and solutions that meet the business needs of its Members. ISF Members benefit from harnessing and sharing in-depth knowledge and practical experience drawn from within their organisations and developed through an extensive research and work program.

Cyber Security Market

Find the latest information on Cyber Security, Access Control Management, Cyber Security Technologies and Markets.
Cyber threats to federal information systems and cyber-based critical infrastructures are evolving and growing. These threats can be unintentional and intentional, targeted or nontargeted, and can come from a variety of sources, such as foreign nations engaged in espionage and information warfare, criminals, hackers, virus writers, and disgruntled employees and contractors working within an organization. Moreover, these groups and individuals have a variety of attack techniques at their disposal, and cyber exploitation activity has grown more sophisticated, more targeted, and more serious. As government, private sector, and personal activities continue to move to networked operations, as digital systems add ever more capabilities, as wireless systems become more ubiquitous, and as the design, manufacture, and service of information technology have moved overseas, the threat will continue to grow. In the absence of robust security programs, agencies have experienced a wide range of incidents involving data loss or theft, computer intrusions, and privacy breaches, underscoring the need for improved security practices. These developments have led government officials to become increasingly concerned about the potential for a cyber attack.

IT Today

IT Today serves as a forum for exchanging best practices and insights based on managerial experience in order to advance the practice of information technology (IT or ICT) systems management. Its targeted IT community readership is the same as its targeted authors: IT practitioners and consultants who are thought leaders in applying theoretical frameworks and deriving insights from the field.

Information Security Today

Information Security Today provides essential information for managing the security of a modern, evolving enterprise. It is written for information security managers and other technical managers and staff who are the first-line support responsible for the daily, efficient operation of security policies, procedures, standards, and practices.

TechnologyConference.com

TechnologyConference.com is a premier resource of professional events, providing the latest information on technology events for R&D, business development and marketing professionals in technology-intensive industries. TechnologyConference.com is one of the most widely-read technology event publications, providing the latest information on technology events for R&D, business development and marketing professionals in knowledge-intensive industries. Decision-makers at Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and R&D organizations watch the technology event announcements published at TechnologyConference.com and its media partnership network.

LNG Industry

LNG Industry is the leading publication for the global LNG industry, focusing on the entire LNG value chain. The magazine provides a global perspective on the industry with regular regional overviews, expert analysis and case studies, as well as in depth technical features addressing all aspects of the LNG industry.

Petroleum Africa

Petroleum Africa is the world's leading monthly magazine dedicated to providing in-depth upstream and downstream coverage of key issues affecting the fast-paced oil and gas industries of Africa, the last great exploration frontier. Its broad-based coverage and analysis of current activities provides you with the latest news, an African country focus, exclusive interviews, technology updates, company profiles, and essential political reviews from the world's top energy players. And for daily news from the continent www.petroleumafrica.com offers the latest information as it happens, along with an event calendar, country reports, industry links, and access to Petroleum Africa magazine articles.

OffComm News: Empowering Remote Assets

Serving maritime, oil & gas, deserts, mines and other hard to reach areas, if you’re into remote connectivity, you need to be into OffComm News magazine. Continuing innovation, in connectivity, is changing the way that some of the most important organisations of our time are operating. Even in the hardest to reach places, organisations are increasing productivity at greater speeds across further distances. In addition, the people working in these environments are often on site for long periods of time with different communications needs of their own. Stay up to date with developments, keep tabs on who’s doing what, where, who might be in the market for a connectivity solution, who provides them and how. Digital subscriptions are free and you can get yours from www.offcommnews.com Join thousands of your peers already reading the digital magazine and benefiting from special editorial updates and offers. Sign up to start accessing OffComm News directly from your inbox. Get the maximum benefit by subscribing to access more features, more news, the Quarterly Market Watch as well as insightful analysis delivered to your door in print.

Oilandgaspress

Oilandgaspress is a professionally packaged Press Release service by Vchris Limited. A media relations consultancy company, which links corporate organizations directly with the media-print electronic. We offer a unique opportunity for corporate organizations to get their company news, press release and corporate profiles to a huge online population globally.
Oilandgaspress provides an optimised press release service that enhances a companies or organisations profile within the search engine directories. An online news release will take your companies message to thousands of potential customers and will allow for click-through to your website. As e-commerce professionals the Oilandgaspress staff will ensure that thousands on the web read your press releases everyday.
Oilandgaspress ensures that each press release is optimised for the search engines utilising keywords that are used by your target audience in searching for your product or information.

IT GRC Forum

The IT GRC Forum is an online resource and networking platform for the Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC) community. It is our goal to help industry stakeholders, government regulators, and end-users better understand and manage the increasingly complex GRC landscape across their organization. We produce educational events and provide market intelligence to over 50,000 high level IT Security and Compliance professionals who subscribe to our platform. You can register for free at you can register at www.itgrcforum.com

Oil, Gas & Energy Law

Oil, Gas and Energy Law (OGEL, ISSN 1875-418X) is a comprehensive and innovative information service with a focus on oil-gas-energy law, regulation, treaties, judicial and arbitral cases, voluntary guidelines, tax and contracting, including the oil-gas-energy geopolitics. See www.ogel.org for more details on published issues and details on how to contribute.

Oilfield Conference

Oilfield Conference is the world's leading oil and gas conference and exhibition directory providing delegates with event information and registration services. We are the foremost online source for oil & gas engineers, scientists and management executives to access technical information about oil and gas conferences, exhibitions and forums. In addition to our online directory services, we publish the Oilfield Conference magazine, a quarterly publication that is available online and formatted for iPad, Android and other mobile tablets.

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WHAT IS CPD?

CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development’. It is essentially a philosophy,
which maintains that in order to be effective, learning should be organised and
structured. The most common definition is:

‘A commitment to structured skills and knowledge enhancement for Personal or Professional
competence’

CPD is a common requirement of individual membership with professional bodies and
Institutes. Increasingly, employers also expect their staff to undertake regular
CPD activities.

Undertaken over a period of time, CPD ensures that educational qualifications do
not become obsolete, and allows for best practice and professional standards to
be upheld.

CPD can be undertaken through a variety of learning activities including instructor
led training courses, seminars and conferences, e:learning modules or structured
reading.

CPD AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES

There are approximately 470 institutes in the UK across all industry sectors, with
a collective membership of circa 4 million professionals, and they all expect their
members to undertake CPD.

For some institutes undertaking CPD is mandatory e.g. accountancy and law, and linked
to a licence to practice, for others it’s obligatory. By ensuring that their members
undertake CPD, the professional bodies seek to ensure that professional standards,
legislative awareness and ethical practices are maintained.

CPD Schemes often run over the period of a year and the institutes generally provide
online tools for their members to record and reflect on their CPD activities.

TYPICAL CPD SCHEMES AND RECORDING OF CPD (CPD points and hours)

Professional bodies and Institutes CPD schemes are either structured as ‘Input’
or ‘Output’ based.

‘Input’ based schemes list a precise number of CPD hours that individuals must achieve
within a given time period. These schemes can also use different ‘currencies’ such
as points, merits, units or credits, where an individual must accumulate the number
required. These currencies are usually based on time i.e. 1 CPD point = 1 hour of
learning.

‘Output’ based schemes are learner centred. They require individuals to set learning
goals that align to professional competencies, or personal development objectives.
These schemes also list different ways to achieve the learning goals e.g. training
courses, seminars or e:learning, which enables an individual to complete their CPD
through their preferred mode of learning.

As a formal provider of CPD certified activities, SMI Group can provide an indication
of the learning benefit gained and the typical completion. However, it is ultimately
the responsibility of the delegate to evaluate their learning, and record it correctly
in line with their professional body’s or employers requirements.

GLOBAL CPD

Increasingly, international and emerging markets are ‘professionalising’ their workforces
and looking to the UK to benchmark educational standards. The undertaking of CPD
is now increasingly expected of any individual employed within today’s global marketplace.

CPD Certificates

We can provide a certificate for all our accredited events. To request a CPD certificate for a conference , workshop, master classes you have attended please email events@smi-online.co.uk